Chapter 377: The Mayor

It was still a little cold in New York in March, and Parks had a dinner at home with some of his old friends from E-Company, mainly some of his brothers who had been employed by E-Security for ten years, as well as Winters, Nexon, and Wales. And Wales has resigned from the administrative position of the school, at the request of his wife Betty, opened a bridal shop, and now the bridal shop has opened branches in several major cities in the United States, and the Welsh wedding dress made of parachute parachute is placed in the most conspicuous position as the treasure of the town store, and also made a note for the origin of this wedding dress. In the past ten years, their respective experiences have been different.

"Alright, brothers!" Although Parks was entertaining the brothers at home, his villa was large enough to accommodate a dozen brothers, and the garden and lawn outside him provided him with a vast field, as well as a bang court. From the lawn, Parks said to his brothers, who were banging on the grass, "I have something important to announce today. I've been officially nominated as a candidate for mayor of New York City, and although I'm not a Democrat or a Republican, I'm able to represent myself. ”

As soon as Parks's words fell, a huge cheer erupted on the lawn, and at this time, Virginia, who was still talking to the ladies of Company E in the living room upstairs of the villa, looked at the group of people and couldn't help laughing, shook her head and said, "They are still the same as before, and this is how they have been formed since Company E!" Nothing has changed! ”

"He never talks to me about his brothers!" Betty, the Welsh wife, shook her head and said dissatisfiedly, "I think this is the most precious treasure of his life!" It's impossible for others to snoop on. ”

"Ma'am, is Mr. Parks always so energetic?" Ms. Fran was tasting the fruit wine, and she also looked at the excited cheering Guerneree outside, and said, "Over the years, he has finally been able to do something that makes him happy, mainly because there are some old friends of their company, and he is really grateful for the opportunity that Mr. Jī Parks has provided him!" ”

"It's nothing, Parks always wants to treat them like his own brothers!" Virginia smiled at Fran, her temperament has become more and more elegant and luxurious in the past ten years, and the demeanor of a celebrity from a famous family is undoubtedly displayed, and it adds a mature charm and knowing the beauty of xìng, which is unforgettable at first sight.

"Is Mr. Parks running for mayor?" Fran still asked.

"Yes, it was his own decision, and of course if he had that determination, I don't think he would have been able to do it!" Virgilia smiled slightly, "At least his brothers won't let him fight alone." ”

Virginia was right, Parks wasn't alone, and when he announced his decision, Toy was already yelling, and he said to Parks, "Say, boss, what do you want us to do?" ”

Parks smiled at him and said, "Okay, I know I'm going to need you, we're brothers of Company E, don't worry Joe, I made a plan, and then each of us has a division of labor, we do it according to the plan, we must reproduce the most glorious moment of Company E, at that time, we used to be brothers to the people of all America, why can't we be heroes of the people of all America again now?" ”

After lunch, Parks had a xiao-type meeting with the brothers, of course, to let the brothers divide their own work and share their own propaganda work. And when the brothers dispersed, Winters, Nexon, and Wales were left alone, and they knew that Parks would definitely not have to be prepared like this. Leveraging the influence of e-Link is only one part of the story.

"Dick, your memoir will be published after its TV release, and hopefully it will bring a ratings miracle!" When the four of them stayed, Parks asked casually.

"Of course I hope so, but does that help you? I mean on the campaign! Winters smiled and shook his head.

"Are you writing memoirs? God, you didn't tell me. Is it about e-link? Nickerson suddenly stared at Winters and said, "Dick, this is not enough friends!" And you seem to be doing it just by the eyes! Saying that, he waited for Parks with some dissatisfaction, "Very not enough friends! ”

"God, there's such a thing, I can't wait!" Wales also rushed to speak, "I hope I haven't been written badly in the book, I don't ask for much!" ”

"Don't worry, Harry, don't you know Dick?" Parks couldn't help but laugh and said, "Okay, I think you already understand, I want to seek an exhibition in politics, so I'm going to make Dick's book into a movie as soon as possible, and then publish it for me, I invited a famous director to participate in it, to ensure the quality!" And happily, this is nearing the end, and maybe we'll see the movie in another month! ”

"I want to know the name, what kind of name will this book or this TV series have?" Wales still looked a little impatient to say to Winters.

"I don't have the right to speak about this, you have to ask Lacey, I gave him the power to name it!" Winters shrugged his shoulders, indicating that he didn't know.

"Band of Brothers!" Almost without thinking, the name was uttered, "I named the movie Band of Brothers!" It is a complete memory from Takoa to the end of the war in Europe! ”

"Brothers-in-arms?" Nickerson whistled and laughed, "I love the name, and we've always been like that, haven't we, we've always been brothers before, during, and after the war!" Company E has never been disbanded! ”

"I agree!" Winters and Wales nodded at the same time, they deeply felt Nixon's words, and Parks felt a lot, yes, the brothers of E Company have never been disbanded, they have always been there, E Company has always been there, in everyone's hearts, and in the history of the US military.

"So what else do you have to prepare?" Nickerson said to Parks with a glass of whiskey.

"Yes, I have already made arrangements in the e-security company, of course, it is impossible to explain it to every brother, but at least, I know that these preparations have not been made in vain." Parks nodded.

Of course, there are some things that can't be said to everyone, but Parks is already arranging them in advance. After Christmas, two White House executives approached Parks and asked Parks to hire fighters from the E Security Company to participate in a special operation in Vietnam. And this request was approved by Parks in February. At least 8oo volunteers are making final preparations for the invasion of Vietnam at the headquarters of the e-security company, and they will take great risks and at the same time receive a huge reward to go to Vietnam to fight.

Although many people are opposing the war against Vietnam, the mainstream Americans are still happy to see it, especially after the Gulf of Tonkin incident, the voice of the war against Vietnam has always been the mainstream voice of the American media, because they have not yet suffered heavy defeats and losses.

At this gathering, Parks basically established a two-pronged strategy, first let the brothers of E Company go out again, let them publicize the brilliant achievements of E Company in various forms, and the biggest factor in this regard is the efforts of the brothers and the film changed by Winters's memoirs, which will be a project that Parks vigorously promotes, and for this film, he invested nearly 50 million US dollars, trying to truly reproduce the war scenes at that time. Of course, this is not enough, and Parks is in contact with the major media in the United States, and even people at all levels of politics and finance. Because Parkes is in the financial world, especially in the era of high technology development, Parkes holds the patent rights of core technologies, so many people have to express their support for Parkes. And Parks is still mulling to introduce his own administrative policies at the right time to win the support of a wider range of people.

On April 16, 1965, in the first large-scale land battle of the U.S. Marine Corps, with air support and a massive artillery bombardment, the U.S. forces successfully stormed the Viet Cong base in An Tong, but suffered heavy losses. Shortly after this attack, soldiers from a battalion of the E Security Company met the 66th North Vietnamese Regiment in the Duc 1 Ang River Valley, and the North Vietnamese regular army was garrisoned by 2OOO men, which was the elite division of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, so it was the first large-scale battle since the E Security Company entered North Vietnam. After the 3-day battle, 1,37 North Vietnamese were killed and no more than 32 were killed, especially the North Vietnamese's plan to divide South Vietnam into two sections failed. This battle also led the North Vietnamese to decide to avoid a head-on confrontation with the American army and adopt guerrilla warfare tactics instead.

History is always changed in the experience, the great victory of the E Security Company made the Americans see greater hope, and this war, the reputation of the E Security Company and Parks rose rapidly in the United States, and at this time, the mayoral election of New York City officially kicked off, and at the same time, the American theater chain produced a very distinctive movie "Band of Brothers", this movie truly shows the experience of the brothers of the 2nd Battalion E Company of the 5O6 Regiment of the 1O1 Airborne Division who were once heroes in Takoya until the end of the European War, the huge war scenes, the touching brotherhood, the thinking about the war, etc., are all very human. The shadow of Parks' director can also be seen in this. The movie quickly became popular all over the United States, achieving huge box office revenues, and the image of E Company was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and several classic battles of Parks were perfectly presented in the movie, which reminded people of the hero of the American people.

At the height of his popularity, Parks promptly launched his plan to reform finance, employment, and welfare, and frequently publicized it in various speeches.

In the words "Reis? In the book "Parks Biography", it is said that this is a victory without suspense. On April 2, 1966, Parks was officially elected mayor of New York City.